Table 1 Effect of chitinolytic microbes viz., Chitiniphilus sp. (CHI) and Streptomyces sp. (STR) singly as well as in combinations (with and without M. incognita) on phenolics content in B. monnieri.

5.34 ± 0.58^d

3.66 ± 0.18^b

0.96 ± 0.23^b

ND

14.64 ± 0.29^c

ND

0.89 ± 0.06^b

ND

21.13 ± 0.58^b

2.02 ± 0.29^c

1.10 ± 0.06^ab

1.22 ± 0.07^b

21.25 ± 0.18^ab

5.09 ± 0.01^a

ND

2.87 ± 0.23^a

22.79 ± 0.11^a

0.56 ± 0.02^d

ND

0.23 ± 0.09 ^cd

14.61 ± 0.05^c

ND

1.26 ± 0.22^ab

ND

14.41 ± 0.20^c

1.87 ± 0.12^c

0.91 ± 0.06^b

0.69 ± 0.29^bc

20.28 ± 0.09^b

ND

1.64 ± 0.15^a

2.51 ± 0.06^a